FOR NEARLY A quarter-century, one of the most famous home run balls in baseball history sat on a shelf inside a case in Neil Dunleavy's bedroom closet gathering dust. Every so often he would retrieve it and gaze with admiration: the gold lettering, the...
Untold stories of the UFC's viral champion, Merab Dvalishvili
IN FEBRUARY 2021, UFC bantamweight champion Merab Dvalishvili[1] made one of the dumbest decisions of his life during one of the biggest snowstorms to hit Long Island, New York, in a decade. His coach, Ray Longo, told the entire Serra-Long Fight Team that...
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Athletes Unlimited Softball League 2025 preview: Teams, players to know and more
The wait is over -- and organizers say that the time is right -- for professional softball to make its biggest push yet into a surging women's sports market with the launch of the Athletes Unlimited Softball League on Saturday.
"There's a lot of energy...
J'Mar Smith went from Dunkin' to rescuing Birmingham
J'MAR SMITH HAD a good routine going this spring. He would rise early in his Birmingham, Alabama, apartment and then head over to the local Dunkin'.
A former USFL championship quarterback with the Birmingham Stallions who retired from the UFL in March,...